Back to the fence that had been built, the cattle, sheep and horses happened to be driven over, Qin Dong immediately ordered one of the hundred cavalry knight named Agoura as a deputy, as the deputy centurion, this is an old guy, about forty-five years old, the management of logistics is very good, under his command, thirty cavalry were sent out to herd sheep, thirty cavalry were sent to herd cattle, twenty cavalry were sent to herd horses, and the remaining twenty people set up tents.

Soon after the tent was set up, Qin Dong's original chief of guard, Uji, sent someone to inform him to attend Attila's funeral tomorrow, Qin Dong didn't expect that the royal court would bury Attila so soon, it stands to reason that there are still many generals who have not arrived, and they should wait for those generals to come to pay their respects before being buried, but the time of the burial seems to be greatly advanced, maybe the new Shan Yu Erak wants to take power as soon as possible and remove the shadow of his father Attila before he hurriedly buried his father.

After a busy day, Qin Dong rushed back to the royal court in the evening, and he invited his former colleagues to drink in the evening, in a tavern in the city, and selected four cavalry to follow.

The tavern was a big tent, and at night there was a lot of food and drink, and Qin Dong, who had already passed the alcohol test in his previous life, drunk everyone, and even though the alcohol content of this era was very low, those fellow guards still drank all of them.

After sending those former colleagues back to the barracks, Qin Dong returned with four cavalrymen, and after coming out of the barracks, he heard that he was going to leave the royal court for Saidika the day after tomorrow, and he didn't have a decent line on his body, so he took his four cavalrymen and rode to the door of a blacksmith shop.

There was a curtain under the door curtain of the blacksmith shop, and there was a faint light inside the tent, Qin Dong and the others dismounted and walked to the door and shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

The person inside seemed to be eating, and responded vaguely: "Oh, please come in!" ”

Qin Dong left two cavalrymen to guard the horses outside, and walked into the blacksmith tent with the other two cavalrymen, only to see a short bearded man just standing up, holding a piece of mutton in his hand, this person looks like a Visigoth, the population of the Hun royal court is complex, there are all kinds of people, it is a mixed place of Hu people, there are even African blacks here, this Visigoths are not surprising here.

"Oh, guest, have you had dinner" If you don't mind, let's eat something here, although the wine is not very good, it can still go down the throat!" This Visigothic blacksmith is very enthusiastic, and the barbarians are not always very ferocious, in fact, these barbarians are very cute and enthusiastic in ordinary times, if they are not forced to do anything, they will not plunder, if it is not for the Huns to seize their homeland, they will not move south or west to raid the borders of the Roman Empire, and even run rampant in the territory of the Roman Empire, and have captured the city of Rome several times.

Qin Dong stroked his chest and saluted: "Thank you for your enthusiasm and generosity, we have already had dinner, and I came to you to build a pair of armor!" ”

"Oh, really? We're here to help! What kind of armor do you need to build? When the blacksmith saw that the business had come to the door and had stopped eating his supper at dinner, he put down the mutton and mare's milk wine in his hand and came over to inquire about it.

Qin Dong thought about it and took out his saber and drew the style of the armor on the ground, and also drew a helmet and two pairs of boots, the armor is a plate armor style, and a heart guard is added to the chest and back of the armor, with shoulder pads, the helmet is a helmet with a mask in the medieval era, the style adopts the style of ancient China, the helmet in the West is really ugly, this era has not yet appeared, because there is no heavy cavalry in Europe, and it will not appear until the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire.

The blacksmith looked at the armor drawn by Qin Dong, pointed to the two heart guards on his chest and asked, "What is this?" ”

Qin Dong explained: "Oh, this is a heart guard, made into a convex state, stuffed with some fabric silk, in addition to the inner layer of the armor to sew a silk lining, thickened a little, this silk lining fabric silk thread should be very dense, money is not a problem, you can find a tailor shop to do it, these two pairs of boots are going to the tailor shop to do, just trouble you to make the tailor shop together, I will pay!" ”

Seven hundred and fifty years later, the armor of the Mongolian cavalry is sewn with a very dense silk lining inside, even if the arrow shoots through the iron plate of the armor, it cannot shoot through the silk lining, even if it is shot into the body, it can not shoot through the silk, the arrow can be pulled out together as long as the silk fabric is pulled, there is a plate armor to buffer the power of the arrow, plus the silk fabric of the lining, the penetration of the arrow to the body is much smaller, as long as the arrow does not hit the fatal part it is difficult to cause fatal damage.

The blacksmith held the oil lamp and looked at the armor style drawn by Qin Dong on the ground, touched the thick beard on his chin, and exclaimed: "Guest, the style of this armor you painted is very peculiar, but it is very beautiful, and according to my many years of experience, the protective power of this armor is much higher than that of ordinary armor, you see that these two shoulder pads that are upturned outward, as well as the ear guards on the helmet, all strengthen the protection and can also cause damage to the enemy, and when you pull down the mask of the helmet during the battle, it will cause a great shock to the enemy, According to what you said, these two goggles play a life-saving role, arrows can't be shot through even if they are shot here, and they can't cause fatal damage when shot elsewhere, this armor is not only very protective, but also beautifully styled, even the helmet, the top spike of the helmet is wrapped around some horsetail as a helmet, when riding a horse it will swing with the ups and downs of your body, very imposing.

Qin Dong smiled and nodded, this is a simplified version of Mingguang armor, in this era, European armor is basically shoddy, with protective power is not beautiful, beautiful without protection, and Mingguang armor as a famous armor in Chinese history is both beautiful and has a strong protective ability, in later generations by many Tibetan friends is not unreasonable, and its manufacturing process is excellent, representing the pinnacle technology of ancient Chinese armor making art, Mingguang armor is still the best armor in the Middle Ages after a few hundred years. Qin Dong asked, "Can you dye the helmet white or red?" Put a layer of silver on your armor and helmet, if you can't."

The blacksmith smiled: "Of course, the dyeing matter will be handed over to the tailor, and the tailor shop must have a way!" You'll have to find a silversmith for silver-plating."

Qin Dong really wanted to gild, but the gilding was too ostentatious, this was not good, he was just a centurion, and wearing gold armor was too sassy. Qin Dong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you, and these two pairs of boots need to be tanned with very soft cowhide, especially the soles, which need to be plated together with a lot of multi-layered cowhide!" ”

The blacksmith looked at Qin Dong's feet, memorized the approximate size, and then said, "If the use of multiple layers of cowhide is a great obstacle to sewing, all this cost will definitely increase!" ”

"Money is not a problem, you can tell a price, if you can negotiate it, you will do it here!"

The blacksmith looked at Qin Dong, hesitated for a moment, stretched out a palm and said, "You look at fifty gold coins, is it okay?" This surprise is the best price, I have the best materials here, it couldn't be lower."

Fifty gold coins to order such a set of armor is not very expensive, it needs to be silver-plated, and there is silk fabric in the armor, silk fabric can be used as money in this era, it is very expensive, the emperor rewards ministers generally have to reward cloth silk, cloth silk is a consumable, and the production is limited, many places can use cloth and silk as currency.

Qin Dong took out ten gold coins and put them in the palm of the Gothic blacksmith and said; "Okay, then we'll settle it, I'll get the armor the day after tomorrow!"

"What? Oh my gosh, you said the day after tomorrow? ”

Qin Dong was surprised: "Of course, is it possible that I have to wait until next year?" ”

"No, no, no, guest, the time you gave is too short, you really can't complete the production of this armor in one day, it will take at least three days! If you have to need it the day after tomorrow, then you have to add money, and I can only start working overnight to make it for you! ”

Qin Dong bargained with the blacksmith, and finally reached an agreement for fifty-five gold coins, and the blacksmith had to finish the fabrication before breakfast the morning after tomorrow.